7th level music producer

Burnside McDonnough: i wish i had enough money to pay for high end whore
Zach Pennefold: How much money is that? I mean, not just a one-time deal, but how much money do you need--what kind of salary do you have to have to make a high-end whore something you'd consider?
Burnside McDonnough: CEO money
Burnside McDonnough: at a place where you have multiple accounts
Burnside McDonnough: investment and whatnot
Burnside McDonnough: so wife isn't all up in your shit
Zach Pennefold: If you've got CEO salary, it seems like your wife might give you a pass
Burnside McDonnough: yeah, conveniently unaware
Burnside McDonnough: you have to keep up appearances
Burnside McDonnough: some semblance of decorum
Zach Pennefold: right. so she knows, but it's not discussed
Zach Pennefold: My high-end whore would have to be a good story teller
Burnside McDonnough: mine would have to know how to bake
Zach Pennefold: Do you have time for that sort of thing, when contracting a high-end call girl?
Burnside McDonnough: sure
Burnside McDonnough: again, your entire world fosters it
Burnside McDonnough: for example, i am sure i am in a position where i must travel on business a lot
Zach Pennefold: So this isn't Burnside McDonnough with added money. This is CEO McDonnough with all the commensurate travel, salary, duties, obligations,etc.
Burnside McDonnough: would have to be, where did the money come from?
Zach Pennefold: So really you're not wishing for enough money to afford a high-end hooker. You're asking for a different life
Burnside McDonnough: no no no
Burnside McDonnough: in order to have the high end hooker, you would need the resulting lifestyle
Burnside McDonnough: for example, current Burnside + money...where nothing changes but the money, could not have a whore
Burnside McDonnough: no time
Burnside McDonnough: no justification of time
Burnside McDonnough: but, if i had that type of money, i wouldn't be working here
Burnside McDonnough: also, if more money...then whore may not be needed, could be mistress
Burnside McDonnough: a kept woman
Zach Pennefold: We should turn this into a game, like Dungeons and Dragons, except you don't have to wear amor and there are no elves.
Burnside McDonnough: hmmm
Burnside McDonnough: mid-life crisis white man's world?
Zach Pennefold: YES!
Zach Pennefold: Like, I'm a 7th level music producer with some legit street cred. My special power is Invite, where I can at any time be invited to a hip-hop star's party.
Burnside McDonnough: damnit that was good
Burnside McDonnough: so, are their levels of music producer?
Zach Pennefold: I would imagine. Though with Mid-Life Crisis White Man's World, even first level characters would be cool
Burnside McDonnough: 1st level music producer is 7-11 night shift worker who lives at home in the basement with his turntables
Zach Pennefold: Maybe, but his girlfriend's a HOT club kid with some kind of sexy addiction
Zach Pennefold: Heroin, probably. Or GBH or something
Burnside McDonnough: and she can sing
Burnside McDonnough: kinda
Burnside McDonnough: but leaves him for a level 3 MP
Zach Pennefold: you are crushing the dream, my friend.
Zach Pennefold: Though I would imagine that would motivate the character to go on his first quest and begin making his way to second level
Burnside McDonnough: exactly
Burnside McDonnough: failure before the success
Burnside McDonnough: some task he has to complete to move to level 2
Burnside McDonnough: if successful, he reaches level 7 where he gets into a private club pary where he former skank is waiting in line
Burnside McDonnough: REDEMPTION POINTS 172
Zach Pennefold: Redemption Points. That's awesome.

Spicing things up

Zach Pennefold: We need to find a new person to bring into the mix, one who has real whore experience and neurosis that rival mine. Maybe an obsessive-compulsive who worked his (her?) way through UNLV as a card dealer or waiter.
Zach Pennefold: Bar tender at the Bunny Ranch (or whatever it's called)
Burnside McDonnough: did you copy this from somewhere?
Zach Pennefold: I didn't
Zach Pennefold: I was just thinking of characteristics that go beyond what you and I already bring to the table
Burnside McDonnough: well, that could be quite the list
Zach Pennefold: we'll start small. An OCD pimp with some kind of addiction (probably pain killers) and a striking fear of small spaces
Burnside McDonnough: is this what it is like when old married couples start to entertain the idea of "spicing up" their sex life?

It's just the two of us

Burnside McDonnough: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25123015/
Zach Pennefold: I bet that tree ends up killing a thousand people
Burnside McDonnough: like some alien plot
Zach Pennefold: exactly
Burnside McDonnough: so, it was meant to go extinct?
Zach Pennefold: the world's just different now
Zach Pennefold: what if its pollen is deadly?
Zach Pennefold: to us, now
Burnside McDonnough: the entire thing fascinates me
Burnside McDonnough: SCIFI NOVEL POTENTIAL:
Burnside McDonnough: struggling earth
Burnside McDonnough: people seeking vegetation, food, whatever
Burnside McDonnough: come across what seems to be an ancient store of seeds
Zach Pennefold: right
Burnside McDonnough: when they plant the seeds they find
Burnside McDonnough: they unleash death
Zach Pennefold: nice
Burnside McDonnough: of course the details can be worked out, but basic gist
Zach Pennefold: so the 'cure' is worse than the 'disease'
Burnside McDonnough: YES
Burnside McDonnough: supposed cure
Burnside McDonnough: to learn later
Burnside McDonnough: that what put humanity in the position they find themselves is the very reason for vaulting these plants/seeds
Burnside McDonnough: they didn't come across a storage...they cam across a quarantine or research facility
Zach Pennefold: that's a good idea
Burnside McDonnough: to combat what has been plaguing the globe
Burnside McDonnough: would be if they extended i am legend
Burnside McDonnough: to where, years after the cure...the same virus was released to help...and start the cycle over again
Burnside McDonnough: which
Burnside McDonnough: WHICH
Burnside McDonnough: puts humanity on a continual cycle of almost extinction
Burnside McDonnough: to almost flourishing again
Burnside McDonnough: only to "repeat" the mistake, if you can call it that
Zach Pennefold: right, right
Burnside McDonnough: if you can equate the mistake to a definable human trait or need...an innate failing of man...then my friend, you have a classic
Burnside McDonnough: doomed to repeat cause we never learn...for whatever reason
Zach Pennefold: That's totally a classic plot motif
Zach Pennefold: and could be successful
Burnside McDonnough: exactly
Burnside McDonnough: but the strength is in the work to unveal the failing
Zach Pennefold: but let's remember, here, that it's just the two of us. Can we just get to the part where we bemoan another good idea that will never come to fruition? I've got some stuff to do.

There's been an accident

Zach Pennefold: I can no longer watch horrible fall videos, like skateboard or bicycle accidents.
Burnside McDonnough: why so?
Zach Pennefold: they make me hurt inside too much
Burnside McDonnough: so scrotum kick fetish vids are out as well?
Zach Pennefold: I think those might be ok because the people in them know what they're getting into
Zach Pennefold: whereas the kid on the dirtbike who tries to do a backflip and ends up tearing his sphincter muscle out like some kind of meaty o-ring? That's going to disturb me
Burnside McDonnough: dude?
Burnside McDonnough: come on man
Burnside McDonnough: that was unnecessary
Zach Pennefold: seriously, though. They had a show on MTV called "Scarred" or something like that. The whole thing was filled with people who had been video taped having horrible accidents on skateboards, etc. and then telling their stories
Burnside McDonnough: i cannot watch those
Zach Pennefold: ME NEITHER!
Zach Pennefold: one dude ripped his scrotum open on a rusty stair rail
Burnside McDonnough: brb
Burnside McDonnough: i have to go puke